After his last album The Sin And The Sentence (2017), Trivium achieved a more mature album, from the heaviest to the perfect ballads, they were even nominated for Grammy for the song 'Betrayer', And without hesitation, the growth of the band has been gigantic since its inception until now. This was demonstrated with his new album 'What The Dead Men Say' What a great album! With this job, Trivium It shows what it is made of, managing to fully define its style.
We start with IX, an instrumental piece that brings us nostalgia when listening to a fragment of 'Leaving This World Behind' (In Waves, 2011), 'The End Of Everything' (Ascendancy, 2005) and an intro that prepared Matt Heafy previously, under the name of Shroud of ChaosWhat if you are a follower of their channel Twitch, at some point you may have noticed the creation of this song, later, this intro becomes a piece that will give you the album's namesake title 'What The Dead Men Say', which was the second single that came to light, highlighting in its beginning pick scrapes that were inspired by Joe de Gojira (and he was inspired by Morbid Angel), and is an element that Trivium It implements for the first time in one of its songs, in addition to being a theme with a simple but consistent lyrics, with a chorus that will not stop ringing in your head.
We continue with Catastrophist, the band's first single, which undoubtedly perfectly demonstrated the quality we were about to receive on this album, and what's up with those progressive riffs!
To continue, 'Amongst The Shadows And The Stones' it gets to drill your brain from the first second what brutality! Of my favorite songs on the album, without a doubt, the mix of gutturals and clean vocals is perfectly balanced, as well as all the musical elements, but yes, brutality is present throughout the song, and to lower the euphoria a little, the ballad continues. from the album 'Bleed Into Me', in this piece we can appreciate the choirs of Paolo Gregoletto, bassist of the band.
'The Defiant' what song! another of the album's favorites, the influence of Ascendancy (2005) is present at all times, from the most catchy choruses on the album. 'Sickness Unto You' caresses you from the first seconds with the voice of Matt Heafy, to give entrance to some very blacker riffs, some monstrous blast beats, dark choruses in a part of the song, a bass that knows how to stand out and even a 'Blegh' of Heafy. Elements that we had not seen so persistent in his previous works.
'Scattering The Ashes' sample of the most emotional songs of the entire album and in this song more than in any other, we can enjoy the duet they make Matt and Paolo in the vowels, in addition, there is a story behind the lyrics, Corey He chose the title, lost his grandfather, and went with his family in a boat to scatter the ashes in the sea, but they directed the song to a narrative of a father and son with unsolved problems.
Come on the ninth 'Bending The Arc To Fear', a very black / death metal piece also a perfect performance by the quartet. To close we have 'The Ones We Leave Behind'This song feels with happy punk vibes until metalcore, you don't want it to end, and closes the album with harmonies that leave you wanting more. Without a doubt, an album that will leave you with a very good taste in your mouth.
It should be noted that throughout the album there are super long solos, very original and technical riffs, perfect blast beats, which without a doubt, Alex Bent, has been the best drummer of Trivium in all its history.
In this album you can experience the passion of Trivium with the music, in ten songs, they implemented elements of thrash, melodic death metal, metalcore and even black metal and death metal, a very technical album, with many feelings in the lyrics, with great skill in each of the instruments, and more than anything, the passion and pride of saying to the world: THIS IS TRIVIUM.
